Ever since she was fifteen, Xin Huohuo had known not to hold onto unnecessary and impossible expectations.
Because whatever you didn't have, you would never have. There were no miracles waiting to grant you happiness. And you shouldn't cry, complain, or beg for understanding, because no one could ever feel your pain as you did.
She had grown accustomed to being shut out by the world, so she simply stopped lingering by the door.
So when a tiny flicker of hope suddenly appeared in her heart—the hope that she might be someone special to Bei Mingyuan—she quickly snapped out of it, adjusted her mindset, and shook the "impurities" from her mind.
Bei Mingyuan had saved her, perhaps because she had some use to him. 'I can't lose my head and let my thoughts drift toward things like romance. A person's most valuable quality is self-awareness. I need to see the situation for what it is and not be a fool.'
